Differential verbal fluency deficits in the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-355

  Jones, Sari ^a   Laukka, Erika Jonsson ^a   Baäckman, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Preclinical; Vascular dementia; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746447319     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70361-7     Document Type: Article

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